Riverside Corona Feeder CEQA

The Bureau of Reclamation intends to award a contract on a sole source basis to Albert A. Webb Associates, 3788 MCCray St, Riverside CA 92506-2927, for specialized consultation services necessary to support the ongoing work that the Bureau of Reclamation is performing for the NEPA compliance for the proposed Riverside Corona Feeder Project (Feeder). The proposed contractor possesses the following unique qualifications which are required for this acquisition: Albert A. Webb Associates is preparing an Environmental Impact Report (EIR) in compliance with the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA). The project being evaluated is described as the Basin Area Feeder Pipeline which is a realigned portion of the Riverside-Corona Feeder pipeline. The contractor is developing technical reports related to biological resources, cultural resources, hazardous sites, noise, and air quality to be completed in support of the EIR process. It has been determined that additional effort and technical studies are necessary to complete the environmental process. Specifically in additional biological and cultural resources surveys. Albert A. Webb Associates work under this requirement directly relates to contract no. 06PG303292. The work under the new requirement is additional biological survey and cultural resource survey work and the data collected in 06PG303292 will be used in the completion of the new work. The additional work is expanding the Task Group 3, 3.3 and 3.4 of the current work effort. All responsible sources are welcome to submit a capability statement, proposal or quotation. Said submittals will be reviewed and considered by Reclamation when planning solicitations for future requirements. The anticipated award date is 09/25/2009. Responses to this notice must be received no later than five days of the date of publication of this notice. Inquiries will only be accepted by email to [email protected]. Inquiries must clearly state the solicitation number and subject.